Robbiate
Encyclopedia
Robbiate is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Lecco
in the Italian
region Lombardy
, located about 30 km northeast of Milan
and about 20 km south of Lecco
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,333 and an area of 4.7 km².
Robbiate borders the following municipalities: Calusco d'Adda
, Imbersago
, Merate
, Paderno d'Adda
, Ronco Briantino
, Verderio Inferiore
, Verderio Superiore
, Villa d'Adda
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Lecco
Province of Lecco
The Province of Lecco is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.On 1 January 2001 the province had a population of 311,452 on a surface of 816 km² divided in 90 communes...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
, located about 30 km northeast of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and about 20 km south of Lecco
Lecco
Lecco is a town of c. 47,760 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,333 and an area of 4.7 km².
Robbiate borders the following municipalities: Calusco d'Adda
Calusco d'Adda
Calusco d'Adda is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 14 km west of Bergamo...
, Imbersago
Imbersago
Imbersago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco...
, Merate
Merate
Merate is a municipality of 14,872 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, Lombardy .- History :The name Melatum appeared for the first time in the 4th century; it may be derived from the Greek for black/gloomy/dark because of the presence of woods, or from the Italian for apple : an important fruit...
, Paderno d'Adda
Paderno d'Adda
Paderno d'Adda is a town and comune in the province of Lecco, in Lombardy....
, Ronco Briantino
Ronco Briantino
Ronco Briantino is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan....
, Verderio Inferiore
Verderio Inferiore
Verderio Inferiore is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco...
, Verderio Superiore
Verderio Superiore
Verderio Superiore is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco...
, Villa d'Adda
Villa d'Adda
Villa d'Adda is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km west of Bergamo...
.